Minion or High Roller

Been using an Advantage and a Crossmark all summer then bought a minion for the front and my plan was to put an Advantage on the rear, but the minion looks really narrow in comparison and looks like its going to be loads better for winter use and now I am thinking should I put another on the rear or go for a 2.35 High Roller.

Funny, tyres seem so personal. I used to call the Nevegal's the Kenda Surprise as that's what it was if I made it round a corner! Unfortunately they didn't come with a free toy and ended up in a skip in Mynydd Du. Stuck some High Rollers on for the race and loved them. My favourite DH tyre.

used to run HR on my 575 but have a bigtop now,, couldn't get HR wagon wheels at the time and bought Nevegals, i get much better grip then the HRs ever had on my 575?? But may depend what and where you ride.

Nevegals are actually a really decent tire. One of the DMR riders runs them pretty much exclusively with sometimes stunning results. He lent me a set for a race run not too long ago and i began to believe

Tyres are personal preference, I hate High Rollers on the front, I can't get on with the dead space between the centre tread and the side lugs. I love minions, as they're really progressive and stick like shit to a blanket in super tacky. YMMV.

I tried a 60a compound Minion (F) and High Roller (R) on my hardtail at the weekend...I didn't lack grip anywhere, but bloody hell was it hard work!

I swapped the HR for an Ardent and I've got a really nice all round setup, the Minion rolls very well up front and seems to have an awful lot of turning bite. I preferred it to running the HR up front, I can't get my head around the Grip-Whoa!-Grip feeling, especially on some of the chalky, off camber stuff round my way.

Someone will be along to tell me I've got it all wrong in a minute, which is what tyre threads here are all about.

Yep - that's the Grip-Whoa!-Grip thing I alluded to earlier. You have to lean the bike over and trust it to dig in. There's a gap of about 4mm between the central part of the tyre and the side knobs that doesn't have any tread at all.

Yep - that's the Grip-Whoa!-Grip thing I alluded to earlier. You have to lean the bike over and trust it to dig in. There's a gap of about 4mm between the central part of the tyre and the side knobs that doesn't have any tread at all.

There was a thread a while back about HR being terrible in the mud. The general opinion (after lots of the usual arguments) was that you have to be more aggressive ie lean over more into corners, with the HR otherwise that gap in the tyre bites you in the ass...

PJM1974 how do you find the Ardent in wet shitty conditions I mostly ride natural terrain with a lot of rock and roots and how do they blow up in comparison? Looking for something that's going to grip well, not clog and not drag, tall order I know. I did used to run HR front and rear but can't really recall them being too draggy. Once made the mistake of buying a 2.1 HR blew it up didn't even bother trying it.

I ran dual Ardents then slashed one. Bought a minion for the front and it is the the best tyre i have ever used. Im now going to go dual minions front and rear when the weather fully turns. The high roller doesn't seem to have the purchase my mate runs this front and back and I personally don't think they are even close an an all round tyre.

I'm also of the opinion that HR's are one of the best Bike Products EVER ! 42A front & 60 rear for evrything i ride, Trail Centres, Peaks, Wharncliffe,
I started off using MAXXIS tyres about 5 years ago with MINIONS / DHF & DHR, i havent used any other tyre manufacturer since.

As suggested above by some one ? theres about 5-10 degrees of what you might call "Float" which might have an un asuming rider in the dirt, you have to lean through it, you cant sit it back up and braking wont work either but it does dig back in and can reward you with some spectacular performance in most conditions. In the proper wet shitty stuff though its like most other tyres, useless..........

I have a set of MINIONS in the Garage but i've not used them since using HR's

Tyres are personal preference, I hate High Rollers on the front, I can't get on with the dead space between the centre tread and the side lugs. I love minions, as they're really progressive and stick like shit to a blanket in super tacky. YMMV.

+1. I hate HRs and never trusted it on the front for this reason. Love Minions.

I like the huge grip the minion gives me on the front, and the looser feeling the HR gives on the rear, suits my riding style. Great for the tight singletrack I ride, you can pitch the front in hard, and let the back slide. Great fun.

No better illustration of that than Danny Hart's run at Hafjell on Sunday. He ran a mud spike on the rear, and a dry tyre on the front, because he rides more on the back of the bike.
People get very different things from tyres, depending on how they ride and how they set their bikes up.